Friday, January 15, 2016

Write from your Passionate Self

Write from your passionate self

We all wear a mask to protect us from hurt in the world. It also blocks the light of our vision. As children, we quickly learn which behaviors are praised and which are punished. We learn to act other than we really feel to maximize our experience. In time,we buy into that mask, believing it is who we really are. But the mask evens out the peaks and troughs of our passion, leaving us afraid to explore the depths of our passion and reveal our true selves in words. To speak with a clarion voice, you must shatter the mask, discover your actual self, and thrust it into the world.

About Me

I'm the onwer of Storymind.com, creator of StoryWeaver and co-creator of the Dramatica story theory and co-designer of the Dramatica story development software.
In following my own Muse, I'm a composer, photographer, poet and artist. I have more than 200 credits in film and video and have taught creative writing for novelists and screenwriters since 1991.